Jerome is an unincorporated community and former town in Drew County,

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, United States. On October 14, 2021, the Jerome City Council elected to surrender the town's charter and officially declared Jerome no longer in existence as an incorporated entity. It is now listed as a

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. The population was 24 at the 2020 Census.

History

During

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, Jerome was home to a Japanese American internment camp, the

Jerome War Relocation Center The Jerome War Relocation Center was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeastern Arkansas, near the town of Jerome, Arkansas, Jerome in the Arkansas Delta. Open from October 6, 1942, until June 30, 1944, it was the last American ...

(1942–1944), designed by Edward F. Neild of

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, and later converted into a prison camp for captured German soldiers.

Geography

Jerome is located in the southeast corner of Drew County along U.S. Route 165, which leads north to Dermott and south to Montrose. According to the

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, Jerome has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

After disincorporation, the

delineated Jerome as a

in the 2022

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2020 census

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 46 people, 18 households, and 16 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 20 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 76.09%

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, 6.52%

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, 17.39% from other races. 17.39% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 18 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.2% were

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living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.1% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.69. In the city the population was spread out, with 17.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $29,167, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $18,333 versus $28,125 for females. The

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for the city was $11,707. 3.6% of the population (no families) were living below the

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, including no one under eighteen years old and no one over age 64.

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{{authority control Towns in Arkansas Towns in Drew County, Arkansas Populated places established in 1920 Populated places established in 1965